Bill Gates Knighthood
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Paul Charles wrote: Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted Is this for real or just a hypothetical discussion? --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
Do you think it would be possible to rig the sword so it releases sneezing powder at just the right moment? :-D Stormblade www.torrentstorm.com
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I've just found more information about it on the BBC Web Site[^] --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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Do you think it would be possible to rig the sword so it releases sneezing powder at just the right moment? :-D Stormblade www.torrentstorm.com
There won't actually be a sword involved as this is an "honorary" knighthood and not a "substantive" knighthood. See this article[^] by the BBC to see what will actually be involved and find out a bit more about what Bill Gates can actually "do" with his knighthood. --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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Trollslayer wrote: I was just wondering how much Bill Gates does for charities ? It would be interesting to find out. Well, he's put a sizable portion of his wealth into the Gates Foundation: "...the Seattle-based foundation has an endowment of approximately $26 billion through the personal generosity of Bill and Melinda Gates." (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/[^]) I think the Gates Foundation is also keen on making sure that the money given to it is being used efficiently and gets to the people who need it - something suprisingly few charities actually do. It wouldn't be wrong to describe the Gates' as the most generous philanthropists in the world. -- Ian Darling "The different versions of the UN*X brand operating system are numbered in a logical sequence: 5, 6, 7, 2, 2.9, 3, 4.0, III, 4.1, V, 4.2, V.2, and 4.3" - Alan Filipski
In that case a knighthood is well deserved ! The tigress is here :-D
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In that case a knighthood is well deserved ! The tigress is here :-D
There are plenty of other deserving cases too - the world is full of people who either give large amounts or work for charity. Bill got his for politcial reasons not because he is a great humanitarian. He was probably promised one when he offered to pour money into Cambridge University.
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There won't actually be a sword involved as this is an "honorary" knighthood and not a "substantive" knighthood. See this article[^] by the BBC to see what will actually be involved and find out a bit more about what Bill Gates can actually "do" with his knighthood. --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
What exactly is a "substantive" knighthood, other than a cool title and a foolproof way of meeting women? Do you get any extra rights or privileges?
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What exactly is a "substantive" knighthood, other than a cool title and a foolproof way of meeting women? Do you get any extra rights or privileges?
The guy's got £22 billion, I shouldn't think he has problem, I mean he's in the position to copy indecent proposal!
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
Since I think the whole Knighthood thing is lame, I really don't care. Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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What exactly is a "substantive" knighthood, other than a cool title and a foolproof way of meeting women? Do you get any extra rights or privileges?
With a substantive knighthood IIRC you go down on one knee and get "dobbed"(sp?) (Where she takes a sword and touches you on the sholder with it) and then the Queen says "Arise, Sir...". The use of the "Sir" title is also permitted with a substantive knighthood. Bill Gates won't get any of that because he's getting an "Honorary" knighthood. He can upgrade to "substantive" at anytime if he becomes a British Citizen. --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
For...? cheers, Chris Maunder
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For...? cheers, Chris Maunder
Because Tony Blair and Gordon Brown think he's such a "stand up" guy, you know! --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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It will be interesting to see him armour... :-D Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...
In that case, I challenge Sir William Gates to a joust!! Sure, you can have WinXP as an OS for your horse. I think it would be great to see you riding a blue screen of death. Just have to figure out where on the horse are the Alt-Ctrl-Del keys. Or even worse, where the reset button is. I actually wonder if he plans on having some kind of knight-themed applications now. Yes, I know, they're all stupid comments.
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Because Tony Blair and Gordon Brown think he's such a "stand up" guy, you know! --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: he's such a "stand up" guy, you know! Bill Gates has a standup comedy routine? :confused: I thought he was sitting down during all those DOJ hearings... Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World